Breathable, Self-Adhesive Dry Electrodes for Stable Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring During Exercise

On-skin electrodes with high air permeability, low thickness, low elastic modulus, and high adhesion are essential for biomedical signal recordings, which provide data for sports management and biomedical applications. However, nanothickness electrodes interacting with the skin by van der Waals force can be interfered with by sweating, and elastomers with high adhesion prepared by modification are not satisfactory in terms of air permeability. Here, a dry electrode with high stretchability (598%), low elastic modulus (5 MPa), high air permeability (726 g m-2 d-1), and high adhesion (6.33 kPa) was fabricated by semi-embedding Ag nanowires into nonyl and glycerol-modified polyvinyl alcohol. Furthermore, a small amount of 40 wt % ethanol was sprayed on the skin to facilitate microdissolution of the substrate and form immediate conformability with skin texture. The dry electrodes can record high-quality electrocardiogram and electromyogram signals through a robust contact with the skin under skin deformation, with a water stream, or after running for 1 h. The film can also be served as the substrate for self-adhesive strain sensors to monitor motion with higher quality than nonadhesive polydimethylsilane-based sensors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 14(2022), 10 vom: 16. März, Seite 12812-12823

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Yin [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Liangjing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ranran [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adhesives
Bioelectrodes
Elastomers
Electrophysiological detection
Gesture recognition
Health monitoring
Interfacial adhesion
Journal Article
Resin Cements

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Date Completed 07.04.2022

Date Revised 07.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.1c23322

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337657238